F-15E reaches 10K flying hour milestone

1/14/2012 - BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- In the early hours of the day, the aircraft parking ramp at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, was alive with activity. Checklists were run, hatches checked, bombs loaded and missions briefed, as the crew chiefs, support units, and flyers of F-15E Strike Eagle #89-0487 achieved a milestone 10,000 flying hours...

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Suicide bombers held hostages in security headquarters in central Ramadi

RAMADI, Iraq, Jan.15 (Xinhua) -- Suicide bombers on Sunday stormed the building of counter-terrorism headquarters in central Ramadi after two suicide bombers blew themselves and held hostages, a source from Anbar's provincial police told Xinhua.The attack occurred around midday when three explosions, including a car bomb, rocked central Ramadi, some 100 km west of Baghdad,...

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Imposter Taliban kidnappers killed in Peshawar ‘shootout’

PESHAWAR: Two kidnappers, posing to belong to the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan, were killed in shootout with the police in Peshawar on Sunday. A policeman was also killed in the exchange of fire. “The kidnappers had been threatening to abduct a child of one of the families in a locality under the precincts of the Yaqatoot Police Station [in Peshawar]. The group had...

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NATO helicopter crash in eastern Logar province

According to local authorities in eastern Afghanistan, a NATO helicopter crashed in eastern Logar province on Saturday.Chief of the provincial council for eastern Logar province Dr. Abdul Wali Wakil confirming the incident said, the incident was confirmed by International Security Assistance Force based in this province.Dr. Wakil said, the incident took place in Baraki...

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Al-Qaida militants take over town in SE Yemen

Image via Wikipedia ADEN, Yemen, Jan. 15 -- Dozens of al-Qaida militants Sunday morning seized a town in Yemen's southeastern province of al-Bayda, a provincial security official told Xinhua."The al-Qaida members backed by armored vehicles stormed the al- Bayda province overnight, taking control over the Radda city from all surrounding entrances and directions," the official...

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2 Taliban killed, 26 detained in Afghanistan

Image via Wikipedia KABUL, Jan. 15 -- Security forces have killed two Taliban insurgents and detained 26 others over the past 24 hours, the Afghan Interior Ministry said on Sunday."Afghan National Police (ANP), Afghan National Army and Coalition Forces have launched 10 joint operations in Nangarhar, Kandahar, Helmand, Wardak, Logar and Ghazni provinces over the past 24...

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9 killed, 4 injured in police station attack in NW Pakistan

Image via Wikipedia ISLAMABAD, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- At least nine people including two policemen and three suicide bombers were killed on Saturday when militants attacked the office of a senior police officer in northwestern Pakistani city of Dera Ismail Khan, reported local Urdu TV Samaa.According to the report, the attack that lasted for more than one hour was launched...

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Militants joint peace process in Baghlan Afghanistan

Image via Wikipedia Taliban leader in Tala Barfak district of Baghlan province, Mullah Hafiz and 4 of his men who were fighting against government forces put down their guns and joint peace process today.General Assadullah, provincial police chief said, “These men were the key members of Taliban who had received trainings in Pakistan. Joining these militants to peace process...

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Jan.14., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Evening Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan (Jan. 14) — An Afghan and coalition security force conducted an operation in search for a Taliban leader in Marah Warah district, Kunar province, Thursday. The targeted leader, Rostum, directed a group of insurgent fighters who planned and led attacks against Afghan forces throughout Kunar province. He was responsible for leading an attack against...

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